Rogue Planet

Rogue Planet

Astronomers have discovered a bizarre rogue planet named SIMP J01365663+0933473 wandering the Milky Way. The free-range planet, which is nearly 13 times the mass of Jupiter and does not orbit a star, also displays stunningly bright auroras that are generated by a magnetic field 4 million times stronger than Earth's.

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